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Archive for month: August, 2009
Die Sorbs Die!
Anyone that’s ever been on a SORBS blocklist knows my pain… While migrating from one spam filter to another, we started to notice some wierd bounces. At first we assumed it was a configuration issue with our new service, but I started to dig around a bit. First stop was MX Toolbox, which has some [...]
Tech Insight: SQL Injection Demystified
From Dark Reading: Several high-profile hacks over the past year including those at Heartland, Hannaford Bros., and 7-11, all have had one thing in common: they were launched with a SQL injection attack. Cross-site scripting (XSS) had been the king of Web attack techniques for some time, and for good reason — the ability to [...]
Brazen botnet uses Twitter comm channel
From Security Focus: A botnet that has infected a few hundred computers in Brazil has turned a Twitter feed into a channel for disseminating links to computer systems compromised by the bot program, a researcher with networking firm Arbor Networks said on Thursday. The bot, which is detected by only 44 percent of antivirus engines [...]
Botmaster: It’s All About Infecting, Selling Big Batches of Bots
From Dark Reading: Researchers at Cisco recently got a rare glimpse of the inner workings of the botnet underworld after going undercover and meeting an actual botmaster online: the botmaster, who ran a botnet that had infected dozens of machines at a Cisco customer site, said his main job is to compromise a few thousand [...]
How to Manage Your Online Life When You’re Dead
Timing is everything as the saying goes. A friend recently passed away and I found out through his wife posting on his FaceBook account. It was a chance to connect with people and celebrate his life. It’s made me think about technology and its presence in our life. Then along comes an article from Time.com [...]
Air Force Establishes ‘Reduced’ Cyber-War Command
From Wired.com: A year ago, the Air Force suspended its plans to set up a new “cyber command” for network defense and online warfare. The suspension came at a tumultuous time for the air service. Its two top officials had just been canned, botched airplane buys were under close scrutiny and Air Force nuke handlers [...]
Rare Malware A Hint Of Threats To Come
From Dark Reading: While pervasive, widespread malware attacks like Conficker get all the attention, there’s another generation of obscure and dangerous malware that so far is too rare to be considered a threat — but could provide a hint of things to come. A common thread among most of these unusual or odd malware samples [...]
Microsoft: ‘Friends don’t let friends use IE6′
From ComputerWorld: Microsoft sympathizes with people pushing what it calls the “Die IE6, Die” campaign, but argued today that it simply can’t put a stake in the old browser’s heart. “Friends don’t let friends use IE6,” said Amy Bazdukas, Microsoft’s general manager for Internet Explorer (IE). That sentiment, however, only applies to some people using [...]
A Very Trekkie Happy Birthday!
From Wired.com: Today, August 19, marks a very special anniversary for Star Trek fans everywhere. On this date in 1921, a man named Eugene Wesley Roddenberry was born in Texas. Following distinguished service in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II, he became a police officer while trying to start a career writing [...]
